Annotation:Kriden Fair
X:1 T:Kriden Fair T:Cleiden Fair M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:William Vickers' 1770 music manuscript collection (Northumberland) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D DFA d2f|ecA BdB|AFD G2B|AFD EGE| DFA d2e|fdf ecA|dfa cea|dcB A2:| |:Ace Ace|EFG GFE|Bdf Bdf|BAG FED| DdA FDF|EeB GEF|GBe FAd|GFE D3:|]
KRIDEN FAIR. AKA - "Cleiden Fair." AKA and see "Croydon Fair (1)." English, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig was first printed in Richard Baldwin's periodical London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer of June, 1756 (p. 293), with directions for a country dance. Matt Seattle notes that another version of the tune is to be found in the Jospeph Joice music manuscript (1794), where it is called "Cleiden Fair."
